Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for July 03, 2020
Transcript:
the handprint turkey a childhood classic art form rediscovered. 1. place one hand palm down on a sheet of paper with fingers slightly spread. trace carefully around your hand with a crayon. 2. lift your hand to reveal a neatly outlined handprint. 3. using your favorite colors, add a beak, eyes, wattles, 2 legs & plumage-voila-tom turkey! turkey: gobble. gobble. 4. suddenly- chop turkey: ow, my thumb! i mean my head! pilgrim: let's eat! kid: i get a finger! next week - tryptophan hangover cures.
Oh, cruel, cruel art! Let that be a lesson to all of you “handy men” out there….